High speed data to the home — An update

Abstract

This paper describes the current and future practices in delivering video, voice, and data to the home over a single fiber optic strand, a technology known as fiber-to-the-home (FTTH). The topic is of interest to consumer electronics engineers because it represents technology that consumers will be connecting their CE equipment to in coming years. The best-known example of commercial deployment of this technology to date is likely the Verizon FIOS system, but there are others as well. The most fibered countries in the world are probably South Korea and Japan.